Richard Murtaugh Scores Career First Short Track Super Series Sportsman Win Wednesday At All-Tech

Story By: SHORT TRACK SUPER SERIES – LAKE CITY, FL – Richard Murtaugh put his name on the Short Track Super Series win list Wednesday night with his victory in the 2025 Sunshine Swing opener at All-Tech Raceway.

Murtaugh earned $1,500 for his efforts in the 25-lap main.

Murtaugh started from the pole after the Beyea Custom Headers Redraw and led every lap of the event.

“We went in here with a lot of unknowns,” Murtaugh said. “I saw the Modifieds were running all over the place.

“The car was really good, but at the same time this place is very tough to drive.”

Johnstown, N.Y.’s Brian Calabrese finished second, followed by Payton Talbot of South New Berlin, N.Y., Chris Jakubiak of Ballston Spa, N.Y., and Logan Watt of Boyertown, Pa.

Dylan Madsen was the Fastline Performance Hot Lap Hero at 20.398 seconds.

Heat winners were Chris Crane Jr., Madsen and Donovan Lussier. The B-Main went to Eric Lauziere.

Racing resumes tonight (Thursday) with STSS Modifieds racing 35 laps for $5,000 to win and another 25-lap STSS Sportsman event offering $1,500 to the winner.

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 33-Richard Murtaugh[1]; 2. 21C-Brian Calabrese[2]; 3. 14T-Payton Talbot[4]; 4. 49-Chris Jakubiak[8]; 5. 4M-Logan Watt[9]; 6. 11-Nick Zielinski[5]; 7. 27B-Michael Ballestero[10]; 8. 711C-Chris Crane Jr[3]; 9. 711X-Connor Crane[6]; 10. 89-Dylan Madsen[11]; 11. 61L-Donovan Lussier[7]; 12. 73-Paulie Hartwig III[12]; 13. 27M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[18]; 14. 95JR-Jacob Nadeau[16]; 15. 29-Matt Ellery[13]; 16. 59-Colin Cox[24]; 17. 61F-Felix Murray[19]; 18. 43-Michael White[20]; 19. 711T-Todd English[17]; 20. 7-Jarod Millman[15]; 21. 28-Eric Lauziere[22]; 22. 9K-Blaine Klinger[23]; 23. 30T-Robert Tete[21]; 24. 6-John Santolin[25]; 25. 41-Jeffrey Tiley[26]; 26. 142-Nathan Austin[14]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Eric Lauziere[2]; 2. 9K-Blaine Klinger[4]; 3. 59-Colin Cox[1]; 4. 6-John Santolin[6]; 5. 41-Jeffrey Tiley[3]; 6. 1I-Dan Odell[8]; 7. 44-James O’Hara[5]; 8. 26B-Maddy Broedel[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 711C-Chris Crane Jr[2]; 2. 27B-Michael Ballestero[3]; 3. 21C-Brian Calabrese[6]; 4. 49-Chris Jakubiak[4]; 5. 29-Matt Ellery[8]; 6. 61F-Felix Murray[5]; 7. 59-Colin Cox[10]; 8. 9K-Blaine Klinger[1]; 9. 26B-Maddy Broedel[9]; 10. (DNS) 95JR-Jacob Nadeau

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Dylan Madsen[4]; 2. 33-Richard Murtaugh[1]; 3. 711X-Connor Crane[3]; 4. 14T-Payton Talbot[2]; 5. 142-Nathan Austin[6]; 6. 711T-Todd English[8]; 7. 30T-Robert Tete[5]; 8. 28-Eric Lauziere[7]; 9. 44-James O’Hara[10]; 10. 1I-Dan Odell[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 61L-Donovan Lussier[3]; 2. 73-Paulie Hartwig III[1]; 3. 4M-Logan Watt[4]; 4. 11-Nick Zielinski[2]; 5. 7-Jarod Millman[5]; 6. 27M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[7]; 7. 43-Michael White[6]; 8. 41-Jeffrey Tiley[8]; 9. 6-John Santolin[9]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 49-Chris Jakubiak, 00:20.513[2]; 2. 27B-Michael Ballestero, 00:20.548[9]; 3. -, 00:20.585; 4. 9K-Blaine Klinger, 00:20.760[4]; 5. 61F-Felix Murray, 00:20.767[10]; 6. 21C-Brian Calabrese, 00:20.784[5]; 7. 95JR-Jacob Nadeau, 00:20.861[1]; 8. 29-Matt Ellery, 00:20.994[7]; 9. 26B-Maddy Broedel, 00:21.174[6]; 10. 59-Colin Cox, 00:21.414[3]

Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 89-Dylan Madsen, 00:20.398[9]; 2. 711X-Connor Crane, 00:20.554[8]; 3. 14T-Payton Talbot, 00:20.568[2]; 4. 33-Richard Murtaugh, 00:20.613[4]; 5. 30T-Robert Tete, 00:20.754[10]; 6. 142-Nathan Austin, 00:20.782[5]; 7. 28-Eric Lauziere, 00:21.046[1]; 8. 711T-Todd English, 00:21.103[3]; 9. 1I-Dan Odell, 00:21.593[6]; 10. 44-James O’Hara, 00:21.733[7]

Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 4M-Logan Watt, 00:20.487[4]; 2. 61L-Donovan Lussier, 00:20.631[6]; 3. 11-Nick Zielinski, 00:20.696[3]; 4. 73-Paulie Hartwig III, 00:20.750[7]; 5. 7-Jarod Millman, 00:20.834[9]; 6. 43-Michael White, 00:20.839[2]; 7. 27M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr, 00:20.964[8]; 8. 41-Jeffrey Tiley, 00:21.082[5]; 9. 6-John Santolin, 00:21.250[1]